What's in your water?
- Drinking water standards
In 1974, just 20 contaminants were regulated today it is over 90
and 'acceptable levels' change as well. |
Radio Nuclides
Alpha particles, Beta
particles & Phonton emitters,
Radium 226, 228 (combined),
Uranium.
Disinfectants & Disinfections
by-products
Bromate, Chloramines, Chlorine,
Chlorite, Halo-acetic
acids, Total Trihalmethanes.
Inorganic Chemicals
Antimony, Arsenic, Asbestos,
Barium, Beryllium,
Cadmium, Chromium, Copper,
Cyanide, Fluoride,
Lead, Mercury, Nitrate,
Selenium.
Micro-organisms
Cryptosporidium, Giardia,
Lamblia, Heterotrophic plate
count, Legionella, Total
Coliforms (inc fecal
coliform & E.Coli). |
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Organic Chemicals
Acrylamide, Epichlorohydrin, Alachlor, Ethylbenzene, Atrazine,
Ethylene Dibromide, Benzene, Glyphosate Benzo(a)pyrene, Heptachlor
Carbofuran, Heptachlor epoxide Carbon Tetrachloride,
Hexachlorobenbenzene Chlordane Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Chlorobenzene, Lindane 2, 4-DMethoxychlor, Dalapon
Oxamyl (Vydate) 1, Tetrachloroethylene
And more!
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